Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPermeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone; Chemical Favorability Of Limestone For Replacement Near Fault
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Associated rockGabbro · Porphyritic Microgabbro
StructureParadox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Gray Head Fault, Unnamed Fault, Gray Head Laccolith
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Sulfides To Oxides And Carbonate
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087931
MRDS IDD010939
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.99778, -107.99037
References
FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 427.PURINGTON, C.W., 1898, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS 18TH ANN, REPT., PT. 3, P. 827-830.HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 427